Feeder



Jan. 13, 1931. 1 H. KIEL 1,788,677

FEEDER Filed Feb. 14, 19 50 4 Sheets-Sheet 5 55 Inventor WWW] de/ 2mm T A tiorney Jan. 13, 1931.

Filed Feb. 14, 1930 H. KIEL FEEDER 4 Sheeis-Sheet 4 A itoi'ney Y to i The presentintention relates to a feeder Pit-tied Jane 13; 1931 FE DER Application filed Februery 1f 193d." n gkizsgoogf Q -Q P ula y. designed, r fee Wi ey, and theprime object of 'the'inven'tion resides With a hopper adapted to contein masher the Vention resides int trough.

anotherso as" to' 'breali up themash] therein so-th'et saidinash Willbe'properlyjfed to the trough in demp Weather: and the? likes; Whenthe inesh'would tendency toque" invention resides inth'eprovision of zt'ieeder 7 of this nature which, is, exceedingly simple in 3 Figure 1 is-agsi'de elevatio'n of the-feecler .the'platformr I .v

Referring to the I drawing in detail-' it Will its Construction, ineiipensive to m nufa tu e; I 2 strong, thoroughlyefiicient'and reliable in use and' op'eration and otherwise Well adaptedto the purpose for which "it" 'is desi 'nedu With'the aboveidnd nunierous' other 'objetjs- I sfthedescriptionpro-1' 25 (reeds; the invention residesin certain novel I featuresio'f constructiomend in the ooinbinas tion and"arrengen1ent-,"of parts as Will be hereinafter'more' fully described and claimed;

Y in View as'will ap'pe I embodying the features ofmy invention; i

I Figure Zis' avertical trelnsyerse section l therethrough taken substantially on the'line 2420f Figure 1, i i

Figure 4 is an enlarged detail sectiontaken substantiallyonthe 1ine'4'4 of Figure 2, i

Figure 5 is a fragmentary end elevation of the feeder, and I Figure 6 is a detail showing a, platform extension folded over on be seenthat the base structurecomprises' longitudinelmembers 5 in spzi'cedparallelism I and connected to'c'ross members 6. Stend- 'ar'dsf7 rise from the central portions'offthe crossmember 6" being bolted thereto "as at- 8 Boards 9 extend between the' -up er ends e p ly; Sai m sh r th ike tq e Another ver iegofee object or the in; c 1 i z s o l e p rlf 10 formed in sections niovztble in respect; to. one

of the stendardslbeing securedtheietoby i suit'zible means 10. A cover 11 has atdep'end- I v I I ing rectengul rfienge 12 fixed thereto sothatl 1 in the provisionofe trough in' combinetion when the coverresijson the upper edges' of the standards 7 and the boards9 therectangu- I lar'irame12 extends-down therebetweenr I f 'Br'aic'kets' '14: rise fro'mthe cover-V l-ljandi 15 so that should an chicken's'light thereon the platform would tilt and seerethe chickens off. This; ;W1ll prevent the chickens from" roosting on the feeder. I Letter H "denotes generfally atv hopper comprising sidewalls 16 hingedlyconnected as atlTWiththe boards" I i 9 to depend downwardly therefrom. 4

I End penels' 18; are fi xed to 'the 'wells et its-fends'with each side pair of the'pa-nels L 18 adj ec'ent their lower ends. and the lower 23 rising therefrom spaced ferther froin each a 1- 65 2 V t t a ffl have theirff'inner iedges [connected together lby' a -tongue' and groove slideble .c onnec tion; 191 1 link' brace 20 is.fpivotellyj 'connected 1 edgesof' these panelsere inclined' upwerdly jand il wardlyes is indicated at. 21, rough rjisiindic'ated generally .by the-f letter T and Comprises a bottom 22 with Sides trough. Thi's'sheit 26'has' its ends projecting throughfopenings in the-standard 7. Bars 27 rise from the centralend portions of the trough '1 extending upwardlyelongtheend panels 18 end projecting through en open I ,ing'28 in a'lbar 29. fragmentary View" There is o'ne 0t I I I r of th etroughT-for rocl a.blysupportingsaid v Figure 3 is @jllOI'lZOIltfil section taken substantiallyon the line 3'3 of Figurel,

these I bars 29 i on end I I ofthe hopper 8,' The openings 28 have their Figure 5.'; "The outer Q'sid'e portions of the trough? are divided nt "con partments .-by "partiti nSjBQI,Platforms 31 are mounted to i *eonnected with theplatforms 313s at 3I4iend side Walls v -shtped asj'isjindi'catedetBO in have ribs or cleats 35 extending thereunder to abut the ends of the ribs 32 so that'the extensions 33 may be disposed in coplanar relationship to the platform 31 as is shown in Figure 2 or may be folded upon the platform as indicated in Figure 6.

By removing the cover 11 the hopper H may be filled with. mash'o'r other feed and I the feed will gravitate downwardly and be spread by the distributor 25 to fill the compartment of the trough T. The chickenslight, on the platform 31 and feed from the various compartments. 7 v WVhen the chickens light on one of the platforms 31 this causes the-tiltingof the trough T and as the trough tilts this causes the bars 27 to rock in the hopper because of th ir disposition through the opening in the block 29. The hopper rocks on the hinges 17 causing the s de'panels to slide in respect to each other. Thus this W'ill tend to break up the" has been disclosed in considerable detail merelyffor the purposes of exemplification since I in actualpractice it attains the features of advantage enumerated as desirable in the statement of the invention and'the above description.

Itwill beapparent that changes in the details of construction, inthe sizes, in the in a terials, in the combination and arrangement of parts may be'resorted to without depart ing from the spirit of the invention as here-',

inafterclaimed or' sacrificing any of its advantages."

lclaimasnewi'sz w a 1 Anapp'a'ratus of the class described comprising" a hopper, a feeding trough under the] hopper, means for rockably mounting the; feeding trough, means for rockablymounting the hopper, and means operativelyconnecting the hopper to the trough so that upon rocking V of the trough the hopper, will be rocked to agitate the feed therein and permit it to grave itate in the trough; a

2. An apparatus of the class described com-v prising a hopper, a feeding troughunde'r the hopper, means forv rockably mounting the feeding trough, means for rockably mounting the hopper, and means operatively connecting the hopper to the trough 'sothat upon rocking of the trough the hopper will be rocked to agitate the feed therein-and permit it to grav.-

' itate in the trough, distributing means inthe centervofthe trough to distribute the; feed to e i s h reet a i prising a hopper, a feedin 3. An apparatus of the class described comprising a hopper, a feeding trough under the hopper, means for rockably mounting the feeding trough, means for rockably mounting the hopper, and means operatively connecting the hopper to the trough so that upon rocking of the trough the hopper will be rocked to agitatethe feed therein and'permit it to gravitate in the trough,said hopper comprising side walls having end panels projecting in- ..wardly therefrom,tongue and groove connections between the inneredges of the panels to allow the panels to slide in respect to each otheras the-hopperisrocked.

' 4; An apparatusof the class described comprisinga hopper, a feeding trough under the hopper, means for rockablymounting the,

feeding trongh,. means for roc'kably mounting thehopp'er, and means operati'vely connecting the hopper to the trough so that upon rocking oflthetrough the hopper bel rocked to. agitate the feed therein and permit it to gravv itate in the trough, said hopper comprising side-walls; having endfpanels projecting inwardly therefrom, tongue and-groove conf nections between the inneredges of the panels to allowthe panels to" slide in respect to each otherias the hopperisroeked, means for rockably nrounti ng the hopper cornprising a super structure, and hinge connections between the super structure and the side walls.

5. :An apparatus of-theclass described comprising a hopper,ja feeding trough under the hopper-,. meansj for rocka'bly mounting the feeding trough, and means operatively con- :nectingthe hopper to-the trough so that upon rocking of y-the' trouglr the-1 hopper will be rocked to agitate the feedtherein and perm t it to gravitate in the trough, said hoppercom- -prising side wallshav-ingiend panels project-.

ing; inwardly therefrom, tongue and groove ;-.-connec'tions between-the inner edges of the v s r a r anels to allow the anelsto slidein res ect Havingth'us described my invention, what i p p p to'each other as the hopper isrocked, means for:ro ckably mounting the hopper comprlsing asupernstructure and hinge connections between the superstructure and the side walls, a cover for sa d super structure, brackets IlS- ing from the cover, and a platformtiltably the hopper, and means operatively connecting the hopper to the trough so'that upon rocking of thetrough the hopper will be rocked to agitate the feed therein and permit it to gravitate rinlthei oug r said-V QPPB ompr sm side walls having end panels projecting 1nwardlytherefrom, tongue and groove connec tions between-the inner edges o'f the panels to a'llow thepanels to slide inrespect to each other as," the-t hopper, is rocked, blocks conec ed tp th ;.lowerspor io of, th ut ings in the central portions thereof, andbars sio'tes of the.panels,' said blocks having open risingfrom thetrough through the openings.

7. In an apparatus of the class. described,-

ahopper formed ofmovable parts so thatthe same may be distorted in shape to agitatethe. contents thereof and prevent clogging, a movv able trough under the'hopper, and means operatively connecting the movabletrough with the'hopper so that upon movement of the trough the hopper will be distorted in shape freely into'the trough;

to allow the contents thereofrto. gravitate p In testimony whereof I aflix my sig natnre.

HENRY 

